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Day of marriage August 28, 1935

• The temperature on August 28, 1935 was between 10.7 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
  • August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
  • September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
  • November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
  • December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.

Day of death October 24, 1998

• The temperature on October 24, 1998 was between 8.7 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 22.6 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
  • February 23 » In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
  • May 6 » Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac.
  • July 15 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.
  • September 2 » The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
  • October 29 » While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of six and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.

Day of cremation October 28, 1998

• The temperature on October 28, 1998 was between 11.0 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.4 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
  • March 1 » Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
  • April 10 » The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
  • May 23 » The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
  • August 8 » Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan is raided by Taliban leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist.
  • October 31 » Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (b. 1930)
• 1997 » Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (b. 1926)
• 1999 » Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2001 » Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (b. 1937)